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Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D) has filed a complaint with the Ohio Elections Commission over a TV ad her Republican opponent is airing that's been dubbed "red-baiting."

Kilroy's opponent, former banking lobbyist Steve Stivers (R), is refusing to take the ad down, calling her complaint "frivolous."

Kilroy’s camp contends the ad is disseminating "false" statements because it accuses her of helping to create jobs in China by voting for the stimulus bill.

The Columbus Dispatchsaid the ad "resorts to red-baiting," but the Stivers camp is sticking with it.

The complaint "is merely a PR stunt to get attention — but, like the congresswoman and her desperate campaign — it lacks substance and facts," John Damschroder, a spokesman for Stivers, said in a statement to The Ballot Box. "Kilroy needs to take ownership of her voting record. Either she didn't read the stimulus bill and didn't know what she was voting for or she knew what was in the bill and still voted for it. Which is it?"